Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alternative combinations: Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) chemungensis, Macrodon chemungensis
Full reference: J. Hall and R. P. Whitfield. 1869. Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones, part 2. 1-80
Belongs to Parallelodon according to J., Jr. Pojeta et al. 1986
See also Hall and Whitfield 1869 and McAlester 1962
Sister taxa: Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea), Parallelodon anaklastum, Parallelodon apenninicus, Parallelodon beyrichii, Parallelodon bimodoliratus, Parallelodon bittneri, Parallelodon brenensis, Parallelodon cancellosus, Parallelodon capillatus, Parallelodon carsulanus, Parallelodon comptus, Parallelodon corbina, Parallelodon datianensis, Parallelodon desioi, Parallelodon dickinsi, Parallelodon elongatum, Parallelodon groeberi, Parallelodon guizhouensis, Parallelodon hettangiensis, Parallelodon hirsonensis, Parallelodon hubeiensis, Parallelodon interrupta, Parallelodon jiaozishanensis, Parallelodon kingiana, Parallelodon laochangensis, Parallelodon latisinuatus, Parallelodon lianyuanensis, Parallelodon licharewi, Parallelodon longus, Parallelodon maxiai, Parallelodon minima, Parallelodon monobensis, Parallelodon multilamellatus, Parallelodon multistriatus, Parallelodon obsoletus, Parallelodon qinghaiensis, Parallelodon rectangulus, Parallelodon respectus, Parallelodon riccardii, Parallelodon rudis, Parallelodon rugosus, Parallelodon sangamonensis, Parallelodon striatus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon sulcatus, Parallelodon tectum, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon theodorensis, Parallelodon trapezium, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon elongatus, Macrodon hamiltonae, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon badiana, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon mediodepressum, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon scaber, Macrodon formosum, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon curionii, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon subesinensis, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon esinense
Type specimen: AMNH 6132/1:1
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (2: New York, Pennsylvannia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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